Starring: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall, Lindsay Crouse, Debi Mazar, Stephen Tobolowsky, Colm Feore, Bruce McGill, Gina Gershon, Michael Gambon

After seeking the expertise of former “Big Tobacco” executive Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe), seasoned TV producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) suspects a story lies behind Wigand’s reluctance to speak. As Bergman persuades Wigand to share his knowledge of industry secrets, the two must contend with the courts and the corporations that stand between them and exposing the truth. All the while, Wigand must struggle to maintain his family life amidst lawsuits and death threats.

Starring: Molly Shannon, Will Ferrell, Elaine Hendrix, Harland Williams, Mark McKinney, Glynis Johns

Orphaned after the death of her parents and raised by her strict grandmother (Glynis Johns), awkward Roman Catholic high-school student Mary Katherine Gallagher (Molly Shannon) dreams about dating popular student Sky Corrigan (Will Ferrell) and becoming a star. To achieve both goals, Mary enters a talent contest, where her competitor is Sky’s girlfriend, Evian Graham (Elaine Hendrix). Despite her grandmother’s opposition, Mary prepares to win both the contest and Sky’s affection.

Starring: William Eadie, Leanne Mullen, John Miller

James Gillespie (William Eadie) is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne (Leanne Mullen), a vulnerable 14 year old expressing a need for love in all the wrong ways, and befriends Kenny (John Miller), who possesses an unusual innocence in spite of the harsh surroundings.

Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Loren Nelson, Chris Klein

Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick), a well-liked high school government teacher, can’t help but notice that successful student Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) uses less than ethical tactics to get what she wants. When Tracy runs for school president, Jim feels that she will be a poor influence on the student body and convinces Paul, a dim-witted but popular student athlete, to run against Tracy. When she becomes aware of Jim’s secret involvement in the race, a bitter feud is sparked.

Starring: Edward Furlong, Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello, Sam Huntington, Lin Shaye, Melanie Lynskey, Natasha Lyonne

Rock-loving teens and aspiring musicians Hawk (Edward Furlong), Lex (Giuseppe Andrews), Trip (James DeBello) and Jam (Sam Huntington) can’t wait to see their favorite band, KISS, perform at an upcoming concert. However, when Jam’s pious mother (Lin Shaye) finds the tickets to the event, she incinerates them, leaving the boys desperate for a way to see the show. In their attempts to see KISS, the lads endure misunderstandings, humiliation and violence, all just to see their beloved idols.

Starring: Cecilia Roth, Eloy Azorin, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

Admission includes a pierogi tasting courtesy of Veselka

New York City’s beloved Ukrainian restaurant Veselka is best known for its borscht and varenyky, but it has become a beacon of hope for Ukraine. As the second-generation owner Tom Birchard reluctantly retires after 54 years, his son Jason faces the pressures of stepping into his father’s shoes as the war in Ukraine impacts his family and staff.

Narrated by Golden Globe winner and Little Ukraine native David Duchovny, Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World is a thoughtful exploration and celebration of family and community, chronicling Jason’s journey to connect with his loving yet detail-focused dad as he reignites his Grandfather’s pro-Ukraine goals behind his creation of Veselka in 1954.

Warning: Images are not from the movies we’re showing. Trust us, you can’t imagine what we’re showing!

A ‘90s remake of one of Hong Kong’s most iconic martial arts movies, this mean piece of work dismembers all its ideals of chivalry, fairness, and respect in a berserker rage, then feeds the corpse to the pigs. Reimagining ancient China as a slaughterhouse where the strong take and the weak die, this movie is also one of the most revolutionary action films ever made, exchanging the precision and clarity of classic kung fu combat for a whirling, slicing tornado of tempered steel. Unlike anything you’ve ever seen before, it’s a psychotronic phantasmagoria of scars and tattoos, mutilation, amputation, sexual frustration, and sharp, heavy chunks of pig iron splitting muscles and breaking bones.

Starring: Florence Pugh, Andrew Garfield, Adam James, Aoife Hinds, Marama Corlett

Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. Through snapshots of their life together — falling for each other, building a home, becoming a family — a difficult truth is revealed that rocks its foundation. As they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time, they learn to cherish each moment of the unconventional route their love story has taken, in filmmaker John Crowley’s decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.

Starring: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, Ornella Muti, Topal, Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed

December news-Flash (ah-ahhh)* from The Deuce: Planet Earth in peril! Oceans in turmoil! Earthquakes! Eruptions! Sudden Solar Eclipses! HOT HAIL!! Only 14 hours left to save the Earth! But don’t despair – The Deuce (Savior of the Universe!) is here and has a handsome hunky hero in tow:  FLASH (ah-ahhh) GORDON!! (Quarterback. New York Jets.) Can the flaxen-haired footballer and his new-found friends save our Big Blue Marble from the fate the frivolously fiendish Emperor Ming of Mongo has fashioned?? That of (hahahahahaha) TOTAL ANNIHILATION!??!

HE’LL SAVE EVERY ONE OF US!!

Sam (just a man) J. Jones, cast straight from his Dating Game (Flash, I love you!)  “debut” (!!), thrown into the mix and holding his own (with a man’s courage!) – or, at the least, having a helluva good time – with some major capital “M” Master capital “T” Thespians: Max (Ming The Merciless) von Sydow and (Dr. Hans Zarkov) Topal (formerly at NASA), both positively savoring the ridiculousness of their roles… milking every moment of their characters’ megalomania to maximum levels! With wry, randy robots! Lizardmen! Hawkmen! Treemen! Manly-men! And man-loving (maybe?) ladies!! Ming’s mercilessly mesmerizing daughter, Princess Aura (Ornella – putting the “OM” in “OMG” – Mutti)! “New York City girl” and ardent Flash-fan/cheerleader/confidant/go-getter-gal Dale Arden (an equally mesmerizing, music-to-the-ears Melody Anderson)! Mesmerizing guys and gals from all kinds of wacky worlds! Cytherians! Ardentians! Aquarians! Azurians! And dwarfs! Lots of dwarfs!!??!!

Go Flash, go Flash, go Flash, GO!

Director Mike (Get Carter) Hodges, taking a break from his usual grit-and-grime British crime drama bent – and backed by the bounty of Dino De Laurentiis – with a script by TV’s (BAM! POWIE! OOF! KER-PLOW!) Batman helmsman, Lorenzo Semple, Jr. (fresh-ish from Dino’s equally outre KING KONG!) – and (again, courtesy Batman) – EEE-YOW! – pure throw-back afternoon matinee movie-magic… nearly maniacal in its over-the-top EVERYTHING… abandoning rhyme and reason and “good” taste in favor of capital “F” Fuckin’ Fun!! A Day-Glo Disco Party Glitter Rock extravagance… kitschy and kinky! Designed and costumed to an eye-popping, jaw-dropping drooling-delirium that flamboyantly and faithfully recreates artist Alex Raymond’s original 30s-era comic-strip vision of deco interdimensional worlds, rococo rocket ships, and going-for-baroque BDSMisms… Garish! Gaudy! Giddily goofy!!

And, oh yeah – it’s got some pretty good music in it too…

GORDON’S ALIVE!

YEAH!!

*(granted – if you have not seen FLASH (ah-ahhh) GORDON – most of the above will make very little sense… easily rectified, however, by seeing said FLASH (ah-ahhh) GORDON this December with (oh-ohhh) The Deuce!)